Residents close the highway and protest for the completion of a health center in Acre Residents of Loteamento Mulateiro, in the Alto Alegre neighborhood region, in Rio Branco, closed the AC-10 Highway this Monday morning (27) in protest for the completion of the Basic Health Unit (UBS) that serves the community and which, according to the protesters, has been under construction for around two years. The demonstration began around 6am and ended at 8am this Monday. The road connects the capital of Acre to the municipality of Porto Acre, in the interior of the state. During the blockade, which also required improvements to the neighborhood's infrastructure, a line of vehicles, including cars and trucks, formed in the closed section. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp The road was opened after the arrival of the municipal secretary of Institutional Articulation, Márcio Pereira, who spoke with the protesters and took some community representatives to a meeting. To g1, Rio Branco City Hall informed that it reached an agreement with residents and that, at the meeting, they must plan medium and long-term actions to resolve the problem. At the demonstration, residents held posters criticizing municipal management. The community representative, Dirceu Oliveira, said that the main charge is for the delivery of UBS do Mulateiro. The initial forecast, according to the resident, was that the unit would be completed within five months after construction began. Work on the Mulateiro Basic Health Unit (UBS) has been stopped for around two years, according to community residents Richard Lauriano / Rede Amazônica Dirceu also said that the work goes through periods of interruption and that residents need to seek care in other neighborhoods and experience difficulties. "The company that is building seems to not receive payment and they stopped the work. Then they spend three months, they make good progress, but then they spend three, four and even six months with the work abandoned", he reported. A queue of vehicles formed on AC-10 during a blockade carried out by residents of the Mulateiro subdivision, in Rio Branco Reproduction/Rede Amazônica READ MORE: Students and city employees exchange aggression during a protest over buses in Rio Branco; VIDEO Residents block a section of the AC-10 highway in protest over improvements to extensions. Residents of extensions in AC demand the right to housing, close the highway and cause congestion. In addition to the UBS, residents also demand improvements in the neighborhood's infrastructure, such as street repairs, problems with sewage, sidewalks and lack of leisure areas for children. "Our neighborhood is forgotten, our people don't deserve to go through this. The only improvement here is a garden. There is also no play area for children. What was there was a football field, but they used part of it to build the UBS, reduced it, felled a good number of trees and abandoned the construction", he added. Residents hold posters during a demonstration demanding improvements in the Mulateiro subdivision, in the Alto Alegre region, in Rio Branco Richard Lauriano / Rede Amazônica VIDEOS: g1